$112.87
- Paperback
476 pages
- Release Date
28 August 1997
Summary
A significant number of patients seen by general practitioners are suffering from infections. Although many of these are minor and self-limiting, they provide an important opportunity for improving the doctor’s own understanding of the patient’s response to illness, and for enabling the GP to educate the patient in ways in which certain infections may be prevented. Infectious diseases are also a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the modern developed worldand, with more people travelli…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192620927 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192620924 |
| Series: | Oxford General Practice Series |
| Author: | Lesley Southgate, Cameron Lockie, Shelley Heard, Martin Wood, Sir Kenneth Calman |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 476 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 August 1997 |
| Weight: | 720g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 157mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
they provide essential information for the diagnosis and treatment of infections commonly found in Britain .,.. Advice is also provided on immunisation and for foreign travel.'ASLIB, Jan 1998 Vol. 6, No. 1This book is extremely relevant to the work of practice nurses. It provides detailed information on a wide range of infections. This book is readable, informative, reliable and worth every penny.‘Jeannett Martin, Practice Nursea very informative, educated and well-reasoned approach to an important subject ... Infection will be of interest to medical students, GPs, and those advising GPs on the treatment of infection, although its enjoyable style of writing also lends itself to the less-experienced reader.'Sebastian L. Johnston, Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 6, No. 4, April 1998This book is extremely relevant to the work of pratice nurses. It provides detailed information on a wide range of infections … This book is readable, informative, reliable and worth every penny.‘Jeannett Martin, Practice Nurse`…a practical guide, which covers all the common and serious infections that one is likely to encounter within Europe. Management guidelines are given and the use of diagnostic tests in discussed comprehensively.‘Dr Peter Elliott, GP
About The Author
Lesley Southgate
Lesley Southgate is at St Bartholomew’s Medical College, London.
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